Marcus Rashford made quite the impact on his return to Manchester United’s starting line-up and the forward is confident a recent lack of game time will not stunt his development.

The last few months have seen the 20-year-old England international’s remarkable rise plateau somewhat as he struggled for starts under Jose Mourinho.

Saturday’s clash with bitter rivals Liverpool was his first Premier League start since Boxing Day – and just his third in all competitions in 2018 – but there was little evidence of rust as Rashford netted a match-winning brace in a man-of-the-match display.

“It’s a big goal,” the Manchester-born attacker said after the 2-1 win.

“In these types of games, when the pressure is on you, you just be yourself and I think that’s what seems to happen in these games and the team seems to react well, when maybe we don’t react as well in other games.

“We need to take the confidence from this game into future games.”

Rashford certainly boosted his chance of earning another start against Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday.

“But my experiences of the past – I understand that’s part of the game. There are 11 players that start, it’s just one of those things.”

Plus, there is little chance for Rashford to get down when he is around the likes of outgoing team-mate and close friend Jesse Lingard – an academy graduate whose patience eventually paid dividends at United.

“You can’t be depressed around me, I’m always winding him up,” Lingard said with a smile.

“It’s good that you can be around him to have a laugh and reassure him that it’s going to come good and that if he gets a chance he will perform, and he has done that today.

“It’s a big club with big players and for players like me and Marcus it’s going to be tough to start every game but once you are on the pitch you have got to make an impact and maybe next game you will be playing. But you’ve got to always work hard, and he does.

“I think it’s his mentality. He has got good people around him, and they always assure him he is in a good place at the moment and what kid wouldn’t want to be at Manchester United at the moment?

“He is doing well, he has come in and he has got the right mentality and he has shown the manager what he can do.”